Reply #25: Of course there is oversight to make sure the procedures required and provided by the physician... [View All]

But that is the end all, be all criteria of my single-payer health care system straight from their literature. It also goes so far as to cover non-required elective surgeries of certain sorts including sex changes, believe it or not. That is just the bottom line reality of it. Of course, there is a healthy public debate over what should and should not be covered. Its a debate Id prefer to see in the public forum, rather than the private. Fortunately, anything that isn't publicly covered, ba bing, is handled on the private market with supplemental plans (best of both worlds).

"Were you aware so many of our hospitals already are non-profit?"

That DOES NOT concern single-payer health insurance. Single-payer is about paying for services, NOT providing them. Private insurance companies create rates that pay excessive compensation AND produces profits for shareholders. Single-payer completely eliminates profits from the insurance side of the equation.